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DER 1988
J R McCulloch Esq UKMIS GENEVA
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Date 4 February 1988
Dear McCulloch,
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YOUR LETTER OF 29 JANUARY: ICM: VIETNAMESE IN HONG KONG
1.
I am sorry if there was some misunderstanding about who might pay for the ICM proposal. This arose from the suggestion by Carlin in paragraph 3 of your telno 444 of 17 November that "funding would be for the British Government".
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British Cognitus /243/6
Given Hong Kong's telno 4534 of December, I think it is extremely unlikely that the Hong Kong Government would be prepared to fund a project which they believe stands little or no chance of success.
Yours,
Paul Arkwright
P T Arkwright
Hong Kong Department
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